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Otto, E. C. and R. A. Blanchette. 2023. Antagonistic interactions between native fungi of Minnesota and the root rot pathogen Heterobasidion irregulare. Forest Pathology 2023;00:12836 Reprint

Rajtar, N. N., J. C. Kielsmeier-Cook, B. W. Held, C. E. Toapanta-Alban, M. E. Ordonez, C. W. Barnes and R. A. Blanchette. 2023. Diverse Xylaria in the Ecuadorean Amazon and their mode of wood degradation. Botanical Studies 64: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40529-023-00403-x Reprint

Anger, N., B. W. Held, R. A. Blanchette, Y. Ono, C. M. Aime and J. A. Smith. 2023. Ironwood/hophornbeam leaf rust, an emergent disease across the southeastern United States affiliated to Melampsoridium asiaticum. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 6: https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1212192 Reprint

Min, B., S. Ahrendt, A. Lipzen, C. E. Toapanta, R. A. Blanchette, D. Cullen, D. S. Hibbett and I. V. Grigoriev. 2023. Transcriptomics of temporal-versus substrate-specific wood decay in the brown-rot fungus Fibroporia radiculosa. Journal of Fungi 9:1029 https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9101029  Reprint 

Garrido-Benavent, I., R. A. Blanchette and A. De Los Rios. 2023. Deadly mushrooms of the genus Galerina found in Antarctica colonized the continent as early as the Pleistocene. Antarctic Science First view article pages 1-14. Reprint

Blanchette, R. A. 2023. Old Growth Fungi and the Rhino Horn Chaga. Fungi Magazine Spring 2023 Vol 16(2): 50-55. Reprint

Simeto, S., B. W, Held and R. A. Blanchette. 2023. Wood decay fungi associated with galleries of the emerald ash borer. Forests 14(3), 576 https://doi.org/10.3390/f14030576

Hughes, M. A., K. E. Smith, A. Sims, J. Zhang, B. W. Held, R. A. Blanchette and J. A. Smith. 2022. Screening of Persea borbonia clones for resistance to the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola. Forest Pathology https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12776

Grzegorz S., S. Ahrendt, B. Wu, J. Gaskell, B. W. Held, C. Toapanta, T. V. Vuong, A. Lipzen, J.Zhang, J. S. Schilling E. Master, I. V. Grigoriev, R. A. Blanchette, D. S. Hibbett, J. Bhatnagar and D. Cullen. 2022. Proteome of the wood decay fungus Fomitopsis pinicola is altered by substrate. Microbiology Resource Announcements DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00586-22

DeKrey, D. H., A. E. Klodd, M. D. Clark and R. A. Blanchette. 2022. Grapevine trunk diseases of cold-hardy varieties grown in Northern Midwest vineyards coincide with canker fungi and winter injury. PLoS ONE 17(6): e0269555. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269555

Blanchette, R. A. and C. E. Toapanta-Alban. 2022. Rhizomorphs above and below ground: finally we see the humongous fungus. Fungi Magazine Winter 2022 15(1):28-31. Reprint

Toapanta-Alban, C. E., M. E. Ordonez and R. A. Blanchette. 2022. New Findings on the biology and ecology of the Ecuadorian Amazon Fungus Polyporus leprieurii var. yasuniensis. Journal of Fungi 8:2 https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8020203

Davis, S. L., H. Sadek, C. G. Chemello, G. D. Smith, P. B. Hatchfield, R. A. Blanchette, A. Abdel-Azeem and J. Richards. 2022. Conservation of severely deteriorated, dry painted wood: A case study from Abydos, Egypt. Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 61(4): 254-274. DOI: 10.1080/01971360.2021.1951551 Reprint

Strullu-Derrien, C., M. Philippe, K. Kendrick and R. A. Blanchette. 2021. Blue Stain fungi infecting an 84-million-year-old conifer from South Africa. New Phytologist https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17843

Otto EC, B. W. Held, T. J. Gould and R. A. Blanchette. 2021. Fungal diversity in multiple post-harvest aged red pine stumps and their potential influence on Heterobasidion root rot in managed stands across Minnesota. Frontiers in Fungal Biology 2:782181. doi: 10.3389/ffunb.2021.782181

Rajtar N. N., B. W. Held and R. A. Blanchette. 2021. Fungi from galleries of the emerald ash borer produce cankers in ash trees. Forests 12(11):1509. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12111509 Reprint

Toapanta -Alban, C. E., M. E. Ordoñez, C. W. Barnes and R. A. Blanchette. 2021. Taxonomy of the major rhizomorphic species of the "Melanopus group" within Polyporaceae in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. PLOS ONE https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0254567 Reprint

Blanchette, R. A., D. T. Haynes, B. W. Held, J. Niemann and N. Wales. 2021. Fungal mycelial mats used as textile by Indigenous People of North America. Mycologia 113:261-267. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00275514.2020.1858686 Reprint

Min, B., B. Wu, J. Gaskell, J. Zhang, C. Toapanta, S. Ahrendt, R. A. Blanchette, E. Master, D. Cullen, D. S. Hibbett and I. V. Grigoriev. 2021. RNA-editing in Basidiomycota, revisited. ISME Communications 1(70): https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-021-00037-9

Wu, B., J. Gaskell, B. W. Held, C. Toapanta, T. Vuong, S. Ahrendt, A.Lipzen, J. Zhang, J. S. Schilling, E. Master, I. V. Grigoriev, R. A. Blanchette, D. Cullen and D. S. Hibbett. 2021. Substrate-specific differential gene expression and RNA editing in the brown rot fungus Fomitopsis pinicola. Applied Environmental Microbiolology https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00329-21

Held, B. W. S. Simeto, N. N. Rajtar, A. J. Cotton, D. N. Showalter, K. E. Bushley and R. A. Blanchette. 2021. Fungi associated with galleries of the emerald ash borer. Fungal Biology -First view online: Reprint

Blanchette, R. A., B. W. Held, J. Jurgens, A. Stear and C. Dupont. 2021. Fungi attacking historic wood of Fort Conger and the Peary Huts in the High Arctic. PLOS ONE 16(1): e0246049. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246049 Reprint

Otto, E., B. Held, S. Redford and R. A. Blanchette. 2021. "Detecting Heterobasidion irregulare in Minnesota and Assessment of Indigenous Fungi on Pines" Forests 12, no. 1: 57. Reprint

Blanchette, R. A. 2020. Imperial Fungal Treasures of the Qianlong Emperor. FUNGI Magazine Fall 2020 13(3):33-40. Reprint

Beier, G. L. and R. A. Blanchette. 2020, Xylem characteristics in Ulmus americana cultivars and their potential use as a preliminary screening methods for Dutch elm disease resistance. Forest Pathology 50: DOI:10.1111/efp.12638 Reprint

Beier, G. L., C. D. Lund, B. W. Held, R. C. Ploetz, J. L. Konkol and R. A. Blanchette. 2020. Variation in xylem characteristics of botanical races of Persea americana and their potential influence on susceptibility to the pathogen Raffaelea lauricola. Tropical Plant Pathology 46:232-239. doi.org/10.1007/s40858-020-00397-y Reprint

Pedersen, N. B., H. Matthiesen, R. A. Blanchette, G. Alfredsen, B. W. Held, A. Westergaard-Nielsen and J. Hollesen. 2020. Fungal attack on archaeological wooden artefacts in the Arctic - implications in a changing climate. Nature: Scientific Reports 10:14377: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71518-5 Reprint

Held, B. W., C. E. Salomon and R. A. Blanchette. 2020. Diverse subterranean fungi of an underground iron ore mine. PLOS ONE 15(6): e0234208. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234208

Schilling, J. S., J. T. Kaffenberg, B. W. Held, R. Ortiz and R. A. Blanchette. 2020. Using wood rot phenotypes to illuminate the "gray" among decomposer fungi. Frontiers in Microbiology 12 June 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01288

Skelton, J., A. Loyd, J.A. Smith, R. A. Blanchette, B. W. Held and J. Hulcr. 2020. Fungal symbionts of bark and ambrosia beetles can suppress decomposition of pine sapwood by competing with wood-decay fungi Fungal Ecology 45: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100926 Reprint

Rusman, Y., M. B. Wilson, J. M. Williams, B. W. Held, R. A. Blanchette, B. N. Anderson, C. R. Lupfer and C. E. Salomon. 2020. Antifungal Norditerpene Oidiolactones from the fungus Oidiodendron truncatum, a potential biocontrol agent for white-nose syndrome in bats. Journal of Natural Products 83:344-353. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00789 Reprint

Loyd, A. L. and R. A. Blanchette. 2019. Glossy with Grandeur: The laccate Ganoderma of North America. FUNGI Magazine, Spring 2019, 12(1):30-36. Reprint

Held, B. W. and R. A. Blanchette. 2019. Analysis of the timbers of the Egadi warship. In: The Site of the Battle of the Aegates Islands at the End of the First Punic War: Fieldwork, Analyses and Perspectives. J. G. Royal and S. Tusa (editors). Bibliotheca Archaeologica 62, L’Erma di Bretschneider Publishers, Rome.

Abdel-Azeem, A., B. W. Held, J. E. Richards, S. L. Davis and R. A. Blanchette. 2019. Assessment of biodegradation in ancient archaeological wood from the Middle Cemetery at Abydos, Egypt. PLOS ONE14(3): e0213753. Reprint

Loyd, A. L., E. T. Linder, M.E. Smith, R. A. Blanchette and J. A. Smith. 2019. Cultural characteristics and chlamydospore function of the Ganodermataceace present in the eastern United States. Mycologia https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2018.1543509 Reprint

Blanchette, R. A. 2018. Wood Decay: The action behind the polypores. FUNGI Magazine 11(4):10-19. Reprint

Loyd, A. L., C. W. Barnes, B. W. Held, M. J. Schink, M. E. Smith, J. A. Smith and R. A. Blanchette. 2018. Elucidating "lucidum": Distinquishing the diverse laccate Ganoderma species of the United States. PLOS ONE https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199738

Albores, S., P. Sanguinedo, B. H. Held, M. P. Cerdeiras and R. A. Blanchette. 2018. Biodiversity and antimicrobial activity of Antarctic fungi from the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. Sydowia 70: 185-191. Reprint

Lalrinawmi, H., J. Zothanzama, B. W. Held, J. M. C. Vabeikhokei, Zohmangaiha and R. A. Blanchette. 2018. The gilled mushroom Amanita spissacea (Amanitaceae): A new report for India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10:12413-12417. Reprint

Loyd, A. L., B. S. Richter, M A. Jusino, C. Truong, M. E. Smith R. A. Blanchette and J. A. Smith. 2018. Identifying the "Mushroom of Immortality": Assessing the Ganoderma species composition in commercial reishi products. Frontiers in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01557

Held, B. W., D. Hoffmeister and R. A. Blanchette. 2018. Occurrence of European Tar Spot (Rhytisma acerinum) on Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) causing severe infections in Minnesota. Plant Disease 102:2655. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-05-18-0816-PDN Reprint

Loyd, A. L., E. R. Linder, N. A. Anger, B. S. Richter, R. A. Blanchette and J. A. Smith. 2018. Pathogenicity of Ganoderma species on landscape trees in the southeastern United States. Plant Disease 102:1944-1949. Reprint

Beier, G. L. and R. A. Blanchette. 2018. Defense responses in the xylem of Ulmus americana cultivars after inoculation with Ophiostoma novo-ulmi. Forest Pathology 48 (6): DOI: 10.1111/efp.12453

Loyd, A. L., B. W. Held, E. R. Linder, J. A. Smith and R. A. Blanchette. 2018. Elucidating wood decomposition by four species of Ganoderma from the United States. Fungal Biology 122:254-263. Reprint

Rusman, Y., B. W. Held, R. A. Blanchette, Y. He and C. E. Salomon. 2018. Cadopherone and colomitide polyketides from Cadophora wood-rot fungi associated with historic expedition huts in Antarctica. Phytochemistry 148:1-10. Reprint

Abdel-Azeem, A.M., Blanchette, R. A. and Held, B. W. 2018. New record of Chaetomium grande Asgari & Zare (Chaetomiaceae) for the Egyptian and African mycobiota. Phytotaxa 343 (3):283-288. Reprint

Blanchette, R. A. 2017. Extraordinary fungal masks used by the Indigenous People of North America and Asia. FUNGI Magazine 10 (3): 8-12. Reprint

Beier, G. L., B. W. Held, C. P. Giblin, J. Cavender-Bares and R. A. Blanchette. 2017. American elm cultivars: Variation in compartmentalization of infection by Ophiostoma novo-ulmi and its effects on hydraulic conductivity. Forest Pathology 46(6) DOI: 10.1111/efp.12369. Reprint

Zothanzama, J., R. A. Blanchette, B. W. Held and C. W. Barnes. 2017. Ganoderma mizoramense sp. nov. A new Ganoderma species from Mizoram, India. Persoonia 38: 326-327. Fungal Planet Description Sheets # 597. Reprint

Blanchette, R. A., Held, B. W. and Abdel-Azeem, A.M. 2017. New record of Chaetomium iranianum MF787598 (Chaetomiaceae) for the Egyptian and African mycobiota. Microbial Biosystems Journal 2 (2):6-9. Reprint

Wilson, M. B., B. W. Held, A. H. Freiborg, R. A. Blanchette and C. E. Salomon. 2017. Resource capture and competitive ability of non-pathogenic Pseudogymnoascus spp. and P. destructans, the cause of white-nose syndrome in bats. PLoS ONE 12 (6): e0178968. Reprint

Beier, G. L., B. W. Held, C. P. Giblin, and R. A. Blanchette. 2017. Effects of inoculation timing on symptom development in Ulmus americana L. In: Proceedings of the American Elm Restoration Workshop 2016. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report NRS-P-174, pages 30-36. Reprint

Blanchette, R. A. and P. Davoli. 2017. Historic wonders of the fungal world: The evil demon hand and Fungus digitatus. FUNGI Magazine 10 (1): 17-21. Reprint

Held, B. W. and R. A. Blanchette. 2017. Deception Island Antarctica harbors a diverse assemblage of wood decay fungi. Fungal Biology 121:145-157. Reprint

Loyd, A. L. J. A. Smith, B. S. Richter, R. A. Blanchette and M. E. Smith. 2017. The laccate Ganoderma of Southeastern United States: A cosmopolitan and important genus of wood decay fungi. University of Florida IFAS Extension Bulletin # PP333 6 pages. Reprint

Blanchette, R. A., B. W. Held, L. Hellmann, L. Millman and U. Büntgen. 2016. Arctic driftwood reveals unexpectedly rich fungal diversity. Fungal Ecology 23:58-65. Reprint

Oron, A., N. Liphschitz, B. W. Held, E. Galili, M. Klein, R. Linker and R. A. Blanchette. 2016. Characterization of archaeological wooden objects exposed on the hyper-saline Dead Sea shore. Jouranl of Archaeological Science:Reports 9:73-86. Reprint

Hibbett, D., R. A. Blanchette, P. Kenrick and B. Mills. 2016. Climate, decay and the death of the coal forests. Current Biology 26:R563-R567. Reprint

Schwenk, D., P. Brandt, R. A. Blanchette, M. Nett and D. Hoffmeister. 2016. Unexpected metabolic versatility in a combined fungal Fomannoxin/Vibralactone biosynthesis. Journal of Natural Products 79:1407-1414. Reprint

Otto, E. C., R. A. Blanchette, B. W. Held, C. W. Barnes and M. Obodai. 2016. Ganoderma mbrekobenum, a new species of Ganoderma from Ghana. Fungal Planet Description Sheets #449. Persoonia 36:416-417. Reprint

Gaskell, J., R. A. Blanchette, P. E. Stewart, S. Splinter, M. Adams, G. Sabat, P. Kersten and D. Cullen. 2016. Transcriptome and secretome analyses of the wood decay fungus Wolfiporia cocos support alternative mechanisms of lignocellulose conversion. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82: 3979-3987. Reprint

Zothanzama, J., R. A. Blanchette, S. Redford, B. W. Held, Zohmangaiha, J. M. C. Vabeikhokhei. 2016. Using molecular characterization as a tool for identification of fungi from Mizoram, India. Pages 165-177. In Eckman, K. and L. Ralte (editors) Integrated Land Use Management in the Eastern Himalayas. Vol. 2. Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi.

Blanchette, R. A. 2015. A rare wonder of the fungal world. FUNGI magazine 8: 28-31. Reprint

Otto, E. C., R. A. Blanchette, C. W. Barnes and B. W. Held. 2015. Ganoderma wiiroense, a new species of Ganoderma from Ghana. Persoonia (Fungal Planet Description Sheets) 35:316-317.

Blanchette, R. A., J. A. Jurgens and H. Heuveling van Beek. 2015. Growing Aquilaria and Production of Agarwood in Hill Agro-ecosystems. In: Integrated Land Use Management in the Eastern Himalayas. Edited by: K. Eckman and L. Ralte. Akansha Publishing House Delhi. Pages 66-82. Reprint

Rusman, Y., B. W. Held, R. A. Blanchette, S. Wittlin and C. E. Salomon. 2015. Soudanones A–G: Antifungal Isochromanones from the Ascomycetous Fungus Cadophora sp. Isolated from an Iron Mine. Journal of Natural Products. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00204

Floudas, D. B. W. Held, R. Riley, L. G. Nagy, G. Koehler, A. S. Ransdell, H. Younus, J. Chow, J. Chiniquy, A. Lipzen, A. Tritt, H. Sun, S. Haridas, K. LaButti, R. A. Ohm, U. Kües, R. A. Blanchette, I. V. Grigoriev, R. E. Minto, D. S. Hibbett. 2015. Evolution of novel wood decay mechanisms in Agaricales revealed by the genome sequences of Fistulina hepatica and Cylindrobasidium torrendii. Fungal Genetics and Biology 76:78-92.

Blanchette, R. A., B. W. Held, D. Mollov, J. Blake and A. W. D’Amato. 2015. First report of Heterobasidion irregulare causing root rot and mortality of red pines in Minnesota. Plant Disease 99: 1038. Reprint

Beier, G. L., S. C. Hokanson, S. T. Bates and R. A. Blanchette. 2015. Aurantioporthe corni gen. et comb. Nov., an endophyte and pathogen of Cornus alternifolia. Mycologia 107:66-79. Reprint

Turchetti, B., L. Selbmann, R. A. Blanchette, S. Di Mauro, E. Marchegiani, L. Zucconi, B. E. Arenz and P. Buzzini. 2015. Cryptococcus vaughanmartiniae sp. nov. and Cryptococcus onofrii sp. nov.: two new species isolated from worldwide cold environments. Extremophiles 19:149-159. Reprint

Additional Publications:

Schwenk, D., M. Nett, H-M. Dahse, U. Horn, R. A. Blanchette and D. Hoffmeister. 2014. Injury- induced biosynthesis of methyl-branched polyene pigments in a white-rotting basidiomycete. Journal of Natural Products 77:2658-2663. Reprint

Hori, C, T. Ishida, K. Igarashi, M. Samejima, H. Suzuki, E. Master, P. Ferreira, F. J. Ruiz-Duenas, B. Held, P. Canessa, L. F. Larrondo, M. Schmoll, I. S. Druzhinina, C. P. Kubicek, J. A. Gaskell, P. Kersten, F. St. John, J. Glasner, G. Sabat, S. Splinter BonDurant, K. Syed, J. Yadav, A. C. Mgbeahuruike, A. Kovalchuk, F. O. Asiegbu, G. Lackner, D. Hoffmeister, J. Rencoret, A. Gutie rrez, H. Sun, E. Lindquist, K. Barry, R. Riley, I. V. Grigoriev, B. Henrissat, U. Kues, R. M. Berka, A. T. Martınez, S. F. Covert, R. A. Blanchette and D. Cullen. 2014. Analysis of the Phlebiopsis gigantea genome, transcriptome and secretome provides insight into its pioneer colonization strategies of wood. PLoS Genetics 10(12): e1004759. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004759. Reprint

Coetzee, M.P.A., M. J. Wingfield, S. Marincowitz , R. A. Blanchette. 2014. A new species of Ganoderma, Ganoderma austroafricanum M.P.A. Coetzee, M. J. Wingf, Marinc, Blanchette, sp. nov. Persoonia (Fungal Planet #310) 33:268-269. Reprint

Ortiz, R. and Robert A. Blanchette. 2014. Desfibrado de Maderas obtenidas desde las oficinas salitreras de Humberstone y Santa Laura en Chile. Un sitio del patrimonio mundial (Defibration wood obtained from the Saltpeter Works Humberstone and Santa Laura in Chile. World Heritage Sites). Madera y Bosques 20(3):59-58. Reprint

Gaskell, J., A. Marty, M. Mozuch, P. J. Kersten, S. Splinter BonDurant, G. Sabat, A. Azarpira, J. Ralph, O. Skyba, S. D. Mansfield, R. A. Blanchette, and D. Cullen. 2014. Influence of Populus genotype on gene expression by the wood decay fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80:5828-5835. Reprint

Riley, R., A. A. Salamov, D. W. Brown, L. G. Nagy, D. Floudas, B. W. Held, A. Levasseur, V. Lombard, E. Morin, R. Otillar, E. A. Lindquist, H. Sun, K. M. LaButti, J. Schmutz, D. Jabbour, H. Luo, S. E. Baker, A. G. Pisabarro, J. D. Walton, R. A. Blanchette, B. Henrissat, F. Martin, D. Cullen, D. S. Hibbett, and I. V. Grigoriev. Extensive sampling of basidiomycete genomes demonstrates inadequacy of the white-rot/brown-rot paradigm for wood decay fungi. 2014. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111:9923-9928. Reprint

Arenz B. E., R. A. Blanchette and R. L. Farrell. 2014. Fungal Diversity in Antarctic Soils. Pages 35-53. In Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology: Physical and Biological Properties of Antarctic Soils. D. Cowan (ed). Springer, Berlin. Reprint

Berry, T. D., T. R. Filley and R. A. Blanchette. 2014. Oxidative enzymatic responce of white-rot to single-walled carbon nanotubes. Environmental Pollution 193:197-204. Reprint

Oritz, R., M. Parraga, J. Navarrete, I. Carrasco, E. de la Vega, M. Ortiz, P. Herrera, J. A. Jurgens, B. W. Held and R. A. Blanchette. 2014. Investigations of Biodeterioration by Fungi in Historic Wooden Churches of Chiloe, Chile. Microbial Ecology 67:568-575. Reprint

Hujslová, Martina, Alena Kubátová, Martin Kostovčík, Robert A. Blanchette, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Milada Chudíčková, and Miroslav Kolařík. 2014. Three new genera of fungi from extremely acidic soils. Mycological Progress 13:819-831. Reprint

Espinoza, E. O., C. A. Lancaster, N. M. Kreitals, M. Hata,R. B. Cody and R. A. Blanchette. 2014. Distinguishing wild from cultivated agarwood (Aquilaria spp.) using direct analysis in real time and time of-flight mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 28:281-289. Reprint

Ortiz, R., H. Navarretea, J. Navarrete, M. Párragac, I. Carrasco,E. de la Vegac, M. Ortiz, P. Herrera, and R. A. Blanchette. 2014 Deterioration, decay and identification of fungi isolated from wooden structures at the Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter works: A world heritage site in Chile. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 86:309-316. Reprint

Ortiz, R., J. Navarrete, C. Oviedo, M. Párraga, I. Carrasco, E. de la Vega, M. Ortiz, R. A. Blanchette. 2013. White rot Basidiomycetes isolated from Chiloé National Park in Los Lagos region, Chile. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 104:1193-1203. Reprint

Schilling, J. S., S. M. Duncan, G. N. Presley, T. R. Filey, J. A. Jurgens and R. A. Blanchette. 2013. Colocalizing incipient reactions in wood degraded by the brown rot fungus Postia placenta. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 83: 56-62. Reprint

Perez, C. A., M. J. Wingfield, N. Altier and R. A. Blanchette. 2013. Species of Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae on native Myrtaceae in Uruguay: evidence of fungal host jumps. Fungal Biology 117:94-102. Reprint

Hellmann, L., W. Tegel, Ó. Eggertsson, F. H. Schweingruber, R. A. Blanchette, A. Kirdyanov, H. Gärtner, and U. Büntgen. 2013. Tracing the origin of Arctic driftwood, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 118: 68–76. Reprint

Floudas, Dimitrios, Manfred Binder, Robert Riley, Kerrie Barry, Robert A. Blanchette, Bernard Henrissat, Angel T. Martínez, Robert Otillar, Joseph W. Spatafora, Jagjit S. Yadav, Andrea Aerts, Isabelle Benoit, Alex Boyd, Alexis Carlson, Alex Copeland, Pedro M. Coutinho, Ronald P. de Vries, Patricia Ferreira, Keisha Findley, Brian Foster, Jill Gaskell, Dylan Glotzer, Paweł Górecki, Joseph Heitman, Cedar Hesse, Chiaki Hori, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Joel A. Jurgens, Nathan Kallen, Phil Kersten, Annegret Kohler, Ursula Kües, T. K. Arun Kumar, Alan Kuo, Kurt LaButti, Luis F. Larrondo, Erika Lindquist, Albee Ling, Vincent Lombard, Susan Lucas, Taina Lundell, Rachael Martin, David J. McLaughlin, Ingo Morgenstern, Emanuelle Morin, Claude Murat, Laszlo G. Nagy, Matt Nolan, Robin A. Ohm, Aleksandrina Patyshakuliyeva, Antonis Rokas, Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas, Grzegorz Sabat, Asaf Salamov, Masahiro Samejima, Jeremy Schmutz, Jason C. Slot, Franz St. John, Jan Stenlid, Hui Sun, Sheng Sun, Khajamohiddin Syed, Adrian Tsang, Ad Wiebenga, Darcy Young, Antonio Pisabarro, Daniel C. Eastwood, Francis Martin, Dan Cullen, Igor V. Grigoriev, and David S. Hibbett. The Paleozoic Origin of Enzymatic Lignin Decomposition Reconstructed from 31 Fungal Genomes. 2012. Science 336: 1715-1719. Reprint Supporting materials for the paper

Inch, S., R. Ploetz, B. Held and R. Blanchette. 2012. Histological and anatomical responses in avocado, Persea Americana, induced by the vascular wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola. Botany 90:627-635. Reprint

Schilling, J.S., Ai, J., Blanchette, R.A., Duncan, S.M., Filley, T.R., and Tschirner, U.W. 2012. Lignocellulose modifications by brown rot fungi and their effects, as pretreatments, on cellulolysis. Bioresource Technology 116: 147-154. Reprint

Fernandez-Fueyo, E, F. J. Ruiz-Dueñas, P. Ferreira, D. Floudas, D. S. …B. W. Held,…R. A. Blanchette, P. Kersten, A T. Martinez, R. Vicuna, and D. Cullen. 2012. Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 109:5458-5463. Reprint Supporting material for the paper

Held, B. W., B. E. Arenz and R. A. Blanchette. 2011. Factors influencing deterioration of historic structures at Deception Island, Antarctica. In Polar Settlements - Location, Techniques and Conservation. Edited by S. Barr and P. Chaplin. ICOMOS Monuments and Sites. International Polar Heritage Committee, Oslo, Norway. pp 35-43. ISBN 978-82-996891-3-7. Reprint

Arenz, B. E., B. W. Held, J. A. Jurgens and R. A. Blanchette. 2011. Fungal colonization of exotic substrates in Antarctica. Fungal Diversity 49:13-22. DOI:10.1007/s13225-010-0079-4

Farrell, R. L., B. E. Arenz, S. M. Duncan, B. W. Held, J. A. Jurgens and R. A. Blanchette. 2011. Introduced and indigenous fungi of the Ross Island historic huts and pristine areas of Antarctica. Polar Biology 34:1669-1677. DOI 10.1007/s00300-011-1060-8

Wymelenberg, A. V., J. Gaskell, M. Mozuch, S. BonDurant, G. Sabat, J. Ralph, O. Skyba, S. D. Mansfield, R. A. Blanchette, I. V. Grigoriev, P. J. Kersten and D. Cullan. 2011. Significant alteration of gene expression in wood decay fungi Postia placenta and Phanerochaete chrysosporium by plant species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77:4499-4507. Reprint

Arenz, B. E. and R. A. Blanchette. 2011. Distribution and abundance of soil fungi in Antarctica at sites on the Peninsula, Ross Sea Region and McMurdo Dry Valleys. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43:308-315. on line at: Reprint

Blanchette, R. A. 2010. Assessment of Wood deterioration in the furniture and coffin from Tumulus MM. In: The Furniture from Tumulus MM. By E. Simpson. The Gordion Wooden Objects. Volume 1. Brill, Leiden. Pages 171-176 and plates 139-149. ISBN 928-90-04165397.

Aytug, B., R. A. Blanchette and B. Held. 2010. Wood Species Identification. In: The Furniture from Tumulus MM. By E. Simpson. The Gordion Wooden Objects. Volume 1. Brill, Leiden. Pages 165-170. ISBN 9289004165397.

Blanchette, R. A., B. W. Held, B. E. Arenz, J. A. Jurgens, N. J. Baltes, S. M. Duncan and R. L. Farrell. 2010. An Antarctic hot spot for fungi at Shackleton's historic hut on Cape Royds. Microbial Ecology 60:29-38. Reprint

Hao, Y., Sen-yu Chen, R. A. Blanchette and Xing-Zhong Liu. 2010. Sistotrema brinkmannii, a psychrotolerant fungus from Antarctic soil. Mycosystema 29:864-868.

Duncan, S. M., R. L. Farrell, N. Jordan, J. A. Jurgens and R. A. Blanchette. 2010. Monitoring and identification of airborne fungi at historic locations on Ross Island, Antarctica. Polar Science 4:275-283. Doi:10.1016/j.polar.2010.03.008

Blanchette, R. A. 2010. Microbial degradation of wood from Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments. In Cultural Heritage Microbiology: Fundamental Studies in Conservation Science. Edited by R. Mitchell and C. J. McNamara. American Society of Microbiology Press. pp 179-218. Reprint

Perez, C. A., M. J. Wingfield, N. A. Altier, S. Simeto and R. A. Blanchette. 2010. Puccinia psidii infecting cultivated Eucalyptus and native myrtaceae in Uruguay. Mycological Progress 10:273-280 (Reprint available from the journal at doi 10.1007/s11557-010-0698-x)

Moskal-del Hoyo, M., M. Wachowiak and R. A. Blanchette. 2010. Preservation of fungi in archaeological charcoal. Journal of Archaeological Science 37:2106-2116. Reprint

Vanden Wymelenberg, A. V., J. Gaskell, M. Mozuch, G. Sabat, J. Ralph, O. Skyba, S. D. Mansfield, R. A. Blanchette, D. Martinez, I. Grigoriev, P.J. Kersten and D. Cullen. 2010. Comparative Transcriptome and Secretome analysis of wood decay fungi Postia placenta and Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Applied Environmental Microbiology 76:3599-3610. Reprint

Hokanson, S.C., V.M. Whitaker, J.M. Bradeen, M.C. Long, S.K. Krebs, R.A. Blanchette, J. Juzwik, K. Zuzek, and S. McNamara. 2010. Woody landscape plant breeding in Minnesota (45N): it's not all about cold hardiness. Acta Horticulturae 885:145-151. Reprint

Stehberg, Ruben, M. Pearson, R. A. Blanchette and J. A. Jurgens. 2009. A further note on a sealer's sledge discovered on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Polar Record 45:275. doi:10.1017/S0032247409008201

Jacobs, J. J., T. A. Burnes, A. J. David and R. A. Blanchette. 2009. Histopathology of primary needles and mortality associated with white pine blister rust in resistant and susceptible Pinus strobus. Forest Pathology 39:361-376. Reprint

Perez, C. A., M. J. Wingfield, N. A. Altier and R. A. Blanchette. 2009. Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae associated with Eucalyptus leaf diseases and stem cankers in Uruguay. Forest Pathology 39: 349-360. Reprint

Richards, V., Godfrey, I., Blanchette, R., Held, B., Gregory, D. & Reed, E. (2009), In-Situ Monitoring and Stabilisation of the James Matthews Site in Proceedings of the 10th ICOM Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference, Amsterdam, 10-15 September 2007, eds K. Straetkvern & D.J. Huisman, Rijksdienst voor Archeologie, Cultuurlandschap en Monumenten (RACM), Amersfoort, pp. 113-160. Reprint

Perez, C. A., M. J. Wingfield, B. Slippers, N. A. Altier and R. A. Blanchette. 2009. Neofusicoccum eucalyptorum, a Eucalyptus pathogen, on native Myrtaceae in Uruguay. Plant Pathology 58:964-970. Reprint available from the journal web site.

Jurgens, J. A., R. A. Blanchette and T. R. Filley. 2009. Fungal diversity and deterioration in mummified woods from the ad Astra Ice Cap region in the Canadian High Arctic. Polar Biology 32:751-758. Reprint

Arenz, B. E. and R. A. Blanchette. 2009. Investigations of fungal diversity in wooden structures and soils at historic sites on the Antarctic Peninsula. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 55:46-56. Reprint

Schreiner, K. M., T. R. Filley, R. A. Blanchette, B. B. Bowen, R. D. Bolskar, W. C. Hockaday, C. A. Masiello and J. W. Raebiger. 2009. White-rot basidiomycete mediated decomposition of C60 fullerol. Environmental Science and Technology 43:3162-3168. Reprint

Konkol, N. R., C. J. McNamara, R. A. Blanchette, E. May and R. Mitchell. 2008. Microbes can damage but also help restore artifacts. Microbe 3(12): 563-567. Reprint

Perez, C. A., N. Altier, S. Simeto, M. J. Wingfield, B. Slippers and R. A. Blanchette. 2008. Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus and Native Myrtaceae in Uruguay. Agrociencia 12:19-30. Reprint

Blanchette, R. A., B. W. Held and J. A. Jurgens. 2008. Northumberland House, Fort Conger and the Peary Huts in the Canadian High Arctic: current condition and assessment of wood deterioration taking place. In: Historical Polar Bases – Preservation and Management. Edited by S. Barr and P. Chaplin. ICOMOS Monuments and Sites No.XVII. International Polar Heritage Committee, Oslo, Norway. pp.96. ISBN 978-82-996891-2-0. Reprint.

Graves, A. D., E. H. Holsten, M. E. Ascerno, K. P. Zogas, J. S. Hard, D. P.W. Huber, R. A. Blanchette, S. J. Seybold. 2008. Protection of spruce from colonization by the bark beetle, Ips perturbatus, in Alaska. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 1825-1839. Reprint

Perez, C. A., Z. W. de Beer, N. A. Altier, M. J. Wingfield and R. A. Blanchette. 2008. Discovery of the eucalypt pathogen Quambalaria eucalypti infecting a non-Eucalyptus host in Uruguay. Australasian Plant Pathology 37: 600-604. Reprint available from the journal web site.

Arenz, B. A. and R. A. Blanchette. 2008. East Base, SOS: Assessment of deterioration and recommendations for conserving this important Antarctic site. In: Historical Polar Bases – Preservation and Management. Edited by S. Barr and P. Chaplin. ICOMOS Monuments and Sites No.XVII. International Polar Heritage Committee, Oslo, Norway pp.96. ISBN 978-82-996891-2-0. Copies can be obtained from the IPCH. Reprint

Duncan, S. M., R. Minasaki, R. L. Farrell, J.M. Thaites, B. W. Held, B. E. Arenz, J. A. Jurgens and R. A. Blanchette. 2008. Screening fungi isolated from historic Discovery Hut on Ross Island, Antarctica for cellulose degradation. Antarctic Science 20:463-470. Reprint

Farrell, R. L., S. Duncan, R. A. Blanchette, B. W. Held, J. A. Jurgens and B. E. Arenz. 2008. Scientific evaluation of deterioration of historic huts of Ross Island, Antarctica. In: Historical Polar Bases – Preservation and Management. Edited by S. Barr and P. Chaplin. ICOMOS Monuments and Sites No.XVII. International Polar Heritage Committee, Oslo, Norway pp.96. ISBN 978-82-996891-2-0. Copies can be obtained from the IPCH.

Schwingle, B. W. and R. A. Blanchette. 2008. Host range investigations of new, undescribed and common Phytophthora spp. isolated from ornamental nurseries in Minnesota. Plant Disease 92:642-647. Reprint

Burnes, T. A., R. A. Blanchette, J. A. Smith and J. J. Luby. 2008. Black currant clonal identity and white pine blister rust resistance. HortScience 43:200-202. Reprint

Schindelholz, E., R. A. Blanchette, D. Cook, M. Drews, S. Hand, B. W. Held, J. A. Jurgens and B. Seifert. 2007. An Evaluation of supercritical drying and PEG/Freeze drying of waterlogged archaeological wood. Report to the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, National Park Service. MT-2210-05-NC-10. 55 pages. Reprint

Schwingle, B. W., J. A. Smith and R. A. Blanchette. 2007. Phytophthora species associated with diseased woody ornamentals in Minnesota nurseries. Plant Disease 91:97-102. Reprint

Arenz, B. E., B. W. Held, J. A. Jurgens, R. L. Farrell and R. A. Blanchette. 2006. Fungal diversity in soils and historic wood from the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38:3057-3064. Reprint

Wymelenberg, A.V., G. Sabat, M. Mozuch, P. J. Kersten, D. Cullen and R. A. Blanchette. 2006. Structure, Organization, and Transcriptional Regulation of a Family of Copper Radical Oxidase Genes in the Lignin-Degrading Basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Applied Environmental Microbiology 72:4871-4877. Reprint

Duncan, S., R. L. Farrell, J. M. Thwaites, B. W. Held, B. E. Arenz, J. A. Jurgens and R. A. Blanchette. 2006. Endoglucanase-producing fungi isolated from Cape Evans historic expedition hut on Ross Island, Antarctica. Environmental Microbiology 8:1212-1219. (Reprint)

Smith, J.A., R. A. Blanchette, J. J. Jacobs, L. Higgins, B. A. Witthun, J. H. Gillman and A. J. David. 2006. Proteomic comparison of needles from blister rust-resistant and susceptible Pinus strobus seedlings reveals up-regulation of putative disease resistance proteins. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 19: 150-160. (Reprint)

Smith, J.A., R. A. Blanchette, T. A. Burnes, J. H. Gillman, and A. J. David. 2006. Epicuticular wax and white pine blister rust resistance in resistant and susceptible selections of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) Phytopathology 96: 171-177. (Reprint)

Schwingle, B. W., J. A. Smith, R. A. Blanchette, S. Gould, and B. L. Blanchette, J. Pokorny and S. D. Cohen. 2006. First Report of Dieback and Leaf Lesions on Rhododendron sp. Caused by Phytophthora hedraiandra in the United States. Plant Disease 90:109. Published on-line as DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0109A. (Reprint)

Held, B. W., J.A. Jurgens, S.M. Duncan, R.L. Farrell and R.A. Blanchette. 2006. Assessment of fungal diversity and deterioration in a wooden structure at New Harbor, Antarctica. Polar Biology 29:526-531. Published on line as DOI 10.1007/s00300-005-0084-3. (Reprint)

Thwaites, J. M., R. L. Farrell, S. Duncan, S. D. Reay, R. A. Blanchette, E. Hadar, Y. Hadar, T. C. Harrington and D. McNew. 2005. Survey of potential sapstain fungi on Pinus radiata in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43:653-663. (Reprint)

Kromroy, K. W., R.A. Blanchette and D.F. Grigal. 2005. Armillaria species on small woody plants, small woody debris, and root fragments in red pine stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 1487-1495. (Reprint)

Held, B. W., J. A. Jurgens, B. E. Arenz, S. M. Duncan, R. L. Farrell and R. A. Blanchette. 2005. Environmental factors influencing microbial growth inside the historic huts of Ross Island, Antarctica. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 55:45-53. (Reprint)

Smith, J. A., R. A. Blanchette and G. Newcombe. 2004. Molecular and morphological characterization of the willow rust fungus, Melampsora epitea, from arctic and temperate hosts in North America. Mycologia 96 1330-1338. (Reprint)

Blanchette, R. A., B. W. Held, J. A. Jurgens and J. E. Haight. 2004. Wood deterioration in Chacoan great houses of the southwestern United States. Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 6:204-212. (Reprint)

Blanchette, R. A., B. W. Held, J. A. Jurgens, J. Aislabie, S. Duncan and R. L. Farrell. 2004. Environmental pollutants from the Scott and Shackleton expeditions during the 'Heroic Age' of Antarctic exploration. Polar Record 40:143-151. (Reprint)

Blanchette, R. A., B. W. Held, J. A. Jurgens, D.L. McNew, T. C. Harrington, S. M. Duncan and R. L. Farrell. 2004. Wood destroying soft rot fungi in the historic expedition huts of Antarctica. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70:1328-1335. (Reprint)

Farrell, R. L., R. A. Blanchette, M. Auger, S. M. Duncan, B. W. Held, J. A. Jurgens and R. Minasaki. 2004. Scientific evaluation of deterioration in historic huts of Ross Island, Antarctica. In: S. Barr and P. Chaplin (Eds.), Polar Monuments and Sites: Cultural Heritage in the Arctic and Antarctica Regions. ICOMOS Monuments and Sites Number VIII. Available from the International Polar Heritage Committee

Ford, D., M. Demas, N. Agnew, R. Blanchette, S. Maekawa, M. Taylor and K. Dowdy. 2004. Chaco Canyon reburial programme. Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 6:177-202.

Jurgens, J.A., R. A. Blanchette and D. N. Carlson. 2003. Evaluating the Wooden Remnants of the Tektas Burnu Shipwreck. In: Koestler, R.J., Koestler, V.R., Charola, A.E., and Nieto-Fernandez, F.E., (Eds.), Art, Biology, and Conservation: Biodeterioration of Works of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 390-409. (Reprint)

Blanchette, R.A., 2003. Deterioration in Historic and Archaeological Woods from Terrestrial Sites. In: Koestler, R. J., Koestler, V. R., Charola, A.E., and Nieto-Fernandez, F. E., (Eds.), Art, Biology, and Conservation: Biodeterioration of Works of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 328-347. (Reprint)

Jurgens, J. A., R. A. Blanchette, P. J. Zambino and A. David. 2003. Histology of white pine blister rust in needles of resistant and susceptible eastern white pine. Plant Disease 87:1026-1030. (Reprint)

Held, B. W., J. M. Thwaites, R. L. Farrell, and R. A. Blanchette. 2003. Albino strains of Ophiostoma species for biological control of sapstaining fungi. Holzforschung 57:237-242. (Reprint)

Blanchette, R. A., C. C. Renner, B. W. Held, C. Enoch, and S. Angstman. 2002. The current use of Phellinus igniarius by the Eskimos of Western Alaska. Mycologist 16(4): 142-145. Reprint

Blanchette, R. A., B. W. Held and R. L. Farrell. 2002. Defibration of wood in the expedition huts of Antarctica: an unusual deterioration process occurring in the polar environment. Polar Record 38: 313-322. Reprint

Morse, A. C. and R. A. Blanchette. 2002. Etiology of Red Stain in Boxelder. Plant Health Progress. doi:10.1094/PHP-2002-0917-01-RS Reprint

Smith, J. A., R. A. Blanchette, M. E. Ostry and N. A. Anderson. 2002. Etiology of bronze leaf disease of Populus. Plant Disease 86:462-469. Reprint

Tennessen, D., R. A. Blanchette and T. C. Windes. 2002. Differentiating aspen and cottonwood in prehistoric wood from the Chacoan great house ruins. Journal of Archaeological Science 29:521-527. Reprint

Filley, T. R., R. A. Blanchette, E. Simpson and M. L. Fogel. 2001. Nitrogen cycling by wood decomposing soft rot fungi in the ‘King Midas Tomb’, Gordian, Turkey. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98:13346-13350. Reprint